#B23BAD#B23BAD

#B23BAD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.201 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23BAD
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 173)
HSL	hsl(303, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(303, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 2.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.46, 61.34, -36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.46, 71.55, 329.01°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% 0.1731 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.201 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4667, 15.6120, 41.0938)
Luminance	0.1561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23BAD #3BB240

analogous

#7C3BB2 #B23BAD #B23B72

triadic

#B23BAD #ADB23B #3BADB2

tetradic

#B23BAD #B27C3B #3BB240 #3B72B2

square

#B23BAD #B27C3B #3BB240 #3B72B2

split-complementary

#B23BAD #72B23B #3BB27C

monochromatic

#561D54 #842C80 #B23BAD #CA60C6 #DA8ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#B23BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#B23BAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23BAD

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23BAD	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F64B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C74AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8496F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.201 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7bc6',
    500: '#b23bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23bad;
$custom-light: #cc7bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.521,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56465,
    "c": 0.20069,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23BAD

secondary

#85C487

accent

#DA544E

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23BAD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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